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Club premises certificate guidance - Advertising applications

When submitting a new application for a club premises certificate, the application must be advertised as follows: 

On the premises

  • Advertised at the premises for a period of 28 consecutive days starting on the day after the day on which the application was submitted 
  • The advertisement should be displayed in a prominent position on the premises which can easily be read from the exterior of the premises 
  • If the premises is larger than 50m2, further notices will be required in the same format at 50m intervals around the premises 
  • The notice should be: 
    • Equal to or larger than A4 
    • Pale blue in colour 
    • Printed legibly in black ink or typed in black in a front of a size equal to or larger than 16 

Local newspaper

  •  Advertised in a local newspaper within 10 working days starting on the day after the day on which the application was submitted.
  • The advertisement should be forwarded to Licensing Authority after publishing (delays in doing so may result in a delay to issuing the licence). 

Both the premises and the newspaper advertisement must state: 

  • The name of the applicant 
  • The postal address of the premises
  • The name and address of the licensing authority 
  • The closing date in which representations must be made to the licensing authority 
  • The representations must be made in writing 
  • That it is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for the offence